Chapter 323 Came to Meng Family
There are 29 prefectures in Henan Province, among which Songzhou is the richest, and Huazhou is the military center, where two-thirds of the troops in Henan Province are stationed.Meng Changhuai was originally the governor of Songzhou, and his official residence was located in Guliang County.Later, when he was promoted to Jiedushi of Henan Province, he moved from Songzhou to Huazhou, and his official residence was located in Longgu County, Huazhou.

Longgu County is located in the northwest of Henan Road, close to Hedong Road.Fourteen and his entourage set off from Huangliang County, walked unhurriedly for three and a half days, and arrived at the residence of Jiedushi at noon on the fourth day.

There is still one day before Meng Changhuai's birthday.

The concierge went in to make an announcement, and soon Mrs. Meng's personal maid, Chanjuan, came out to welcome Shisi and Xiao Yan in.

"Several officials and family members from other places also arrived today. Madam couldn't get away for a while, so I specially ordered servants to come to welcome Miss Xiao and Mr. Xiaolang." Chanjuan said, "My lady and Mr. Xiaolang have been bumping all the way. The guest room has already been prepared. Please stay and rest first, someone will deliver lunch to the guest room later. Madam said she is free, and then go to talk to Madam."

Chanjuan has been with Mrs. Meng for seven or eight years. She has known Shishi since she was in Guliang County, and the two are considered familiar.Every time Fourteen came over, Mrs. Meng sent her to receive her.

Official residences, the front is the official office, which is the office, and the back is the mansion, which is the place of residence.Fourteen followed Chanjuan through the government office, and when he was about to enter the inner courtyard, he met Meng Yuhe and his wife.

Two years ago, Meng Yuhe's parents decided to marry Mrs. Meng's niece, Xiao Li, who was from the same clan and had a different house.Shisi and Xiao Li have only met twice, and I remember that she spoke Mandarin which is obviously softer than that of northerners.

Later, I learned from Mrs. Meng that she lived in Jiangnan for a few years when she was a child, and learned Wu Nong's soft language there.Later, it was time to speak official language, still with the softness of Jiangnan.

The two parties had already seen each other, and Shisi was ready to say hello, but Meng Yuhe who was opposite turned his head and walked away, as if he hadn't seen her.

Fourteen was puzzled for a while, but she didn't think Meng Yuhe was unwilling to talk to her.On the contrary, every time he and Xiao Yan came over, this Meng Jia Erlang was very enthusiastic.

What's going on this time?

After Meng Yuhe turned around, Xiao Li, who was following him, froze in place.Then he stared at Fourteen for a while, neither intending to step forward nor speak, and turned around after watching.

Chanjuan obviously saw the reaction of Meng Yuhe and his wife, but she also pretended not to see it, and continued to lead the way: "Miss Xiao, this way."

When Shisi saw this, he suppressed the doubts in his heart and didn't ask any more questions.

……

In the evening, Chanjuan came over again and invited Shisi and Xiao Yan to have dinner with Meng Cishi and his family.

The host's kindness could not be evaded, so Shisi tidied up and took Xiao Yan over.

All the people sitting at the banquet were the Meng family, and it was an ordinary family banquet, and there was no distinction between men and women.Meng Changhuai sat at the head of the long table, and on both sides were Mrs. Meng, Meng Yuhe and his wife, as well as Meng's eldest daughter-in-law Du and her two children, Meng Shen and Meng Heng.

"Miss Xiao, Ah Yan." Seeing Chanjuan leading the fourteenth mother and son in, Mrs. Meng immediately stood up and greeted her enthusiastically, "I've been busy all day, and I only care about entertaining guests, so I don't have time to look for you."

Inspector Meng also stood up to greet her: "Miss Xiao, you have been traveling all the way, if there is any lack of hospitality, please forgive me."

"Master Meng, you are welcome."

Seeing that Meng Changhuai and his wife had this attitude, the rest of them were naturally more polite and cautious, especially Du Shi and Xiao Li Shi.After Mrs. Meng led Xiao Yan to sit beside her, and Sisi sat down again, they took their seats one by one.

It's just that Shishi had a weird feeling during the period, she always felt that Mrs. Li was looking at her.But when she looked over, her eyes had already withdrawn in advance.

The servants began to serve the food.

"Ah Shen, let's see who this is, do you still recognize him?" Mrs. Meng asked Meng Shen.

Meng Changhuai took Shisi to discuss the promotion of peppers in Henan Province this year.

The Du family next to him thought: "Who is this Mrs. Xiao, who let her parents-in-law treat each other like this, and the Jiedu envoy actually talked about political affairs with a woman like her!"

In fact, Meng Changhuai didn't talk much about official business at the dinner table, because there were too few opportunities to meet Shisi, so he couldn't help talking when he saw her.

He was able to be promoted to Jiedushi before the age of 50, and he was in charge of one side of the army, and Chili contributed a lot.Therefore, he attaches great importance to the promotion of pepper in Henan Province, and has been vigorously promoting it in recent years.

On Mrs. Meng's side, Xiao Yan and Meng Shen broke through the slight embarrassment they hadn't seen for a long time, and chatted enthusiastically.Most of them were talking about what they were doing during the two years they hadn't met.

"Ah Shen, introduce your sister to Ah Yan, she doesn't know Ah Yan yet." Mrs. Meng reminded.

Meng Heng was only in his early two years old when he came here last time, even if he had seen Xiao Yan, he would not remember it.

Meng Heng was originally sitting on Du Shi's left side, when she heard that she got up, carried her daughter to her seat, and let the three little guys sit next to each other.

"A Yan, this is my younger sister. Her name is Ah Heng." Meng Shen introduced, "A Heng, this is my brother's friend. His name is Ah Yan. You can call him Brother Ah Yan."

"Brother Ah Yan." The little girl Meng Heng called out a little shyly.

"Sister Ah Heng." Xiao Yan replied generously.Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the little girl shyly hid in her mother's arms.

Du Shi smiled and hugged her daughter, and said to her mother-in-law: "Mother, isn't it inappropriate to call you that in terms of seniority?"

She saw that Shisi and Meng Changhuai were of the same generation, so Xiao Yan should be of the same generation as Meng Yu. In terms of it, he should be a generation older than Meng Shen.

"Mother, why is it inappropriate?" Meng Shen asked, "My younger sister is younger than Ah Yan, shouldn't I be called Brother Ah Yan?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, Mrs. Xiao doesn't stick to trifles, so she won't care about it." Mrs. Meng said upon hearing this.After finishing speaking, he asked Fourteen: "Miss Xiao, let Ah Shen be on the same level as Ah Heng and Ah Yan, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, the three of them are about the same age, and they match each other pretty well." Fourteen replied.

But this proposal was opposed by Meng Cishi: "A Yan is the son of Mrs. Xiao, if he is equal to Ah Shen, then Mrs. Xiao will be a generation shorter than you and me? No, no."

"I think it's pretty good." Meng Yuhe said, "Miss Xiao is about the same age as me, so she is my peer. Otherwise, every time I see her, I have to struggle whether to treat her as a peer or an elder."

"Ridiculous." Meng Cishi glared at his second son.

"Master Meng, it's just a name for children, you can call it whatever you want." Fourteen said with a smile, "I don't care much about seniority etiquette, children are in the same circle, and adults are in another circle." A circle, just don’t interfere with each other.”

"Can……"

"Then it's settled." Mrs. Meng didn't give Meng Changhuai another chance to refute, "Miss Xiao is a guest, so of course she must be the first, and we will follow what she said."

……

After dinner, when there were only Meng Changhuai and his wife left, Mrs. Meng took the initiative to talk about seniority tonight.

"So why do you want Ah Shen and Ah Yan to be regarded as equals?" Meng Chang asked suspiciously.

"You, sometimes you can't take a long-term view?" Mrs. Meng gave him a sharp look, "Of course I have my reasons for doing this."

"Then what is the lady's reasoning, can you tell me and listen to my husband?"

Seeing Meng Changhuai lowering his figure, Mrs. Meng had a satisfied expression on her face.

This is the boudoir fun of the couple, even though they have been married for nearly 30 years, they have always enjoyed it.

After the joke, Meng Changhuai put down the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, ready to listen to his wife's explanation.

Madam Meng asked, "What do you think of Ah Yan?"

(End of this chapter)

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